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Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, Human Rights Watch said Monday. The grave abuses are part of a bro...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-iran-security-forces-rape-torture-detainees-says-hrw/

Middle-aged and older adults believe that old age begins later in life than their peers did decades ago, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. “Life expect...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-people-think-old-age-starts-later-than-it-used-to/

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are as bitter and toxic as they are hard to pronounce. They’re produced by several different types of plants and are among the leading causes of accidental death in catt...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-bella-moths-use-poison-to-attract-mates-scientists-are-closer-to-finding-out-how/

Oases are important habitats and water sources for dryland regions, sustaining 10% of the world’s population despite taking up about 1.5% of land area. But in many places, climate change and an...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-worlds-oases-threatened-by-desertification-even-as-humans-expand-them/

Engineers are increasingly eager to develop robots that mimic the behavior of animals and biological organisms, whose adaptability, resilience and efficiency have been refined over millions of ye...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-bringing-bio-inspired-robots-to-life/

The endangered bonobo, the great ape of the Central African rainforest, has a reputation for being a bit of a hippie. Known as more peaceful than their warring chimpanzee neighbors, bonobos live ...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-bonobos-arent-as-peace-loving-as-we-thought/

A new University of Michigan study finds that automation and electrification of long-haul trucking can reduce urban health impacts and environmental damages.  For long-haul routes below 300 mi...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-could-automation-electrification-of-long-haul-trucking-reduce-environmental-impacts/

Primary health care, conditional cash transfers and social pensions have prevented 1.4 million deaths of all ages in Brazil over the past two decades, according to a study coordinated by the Barc...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-social-programs-save-millions-of-lives-especially-in-times-of-crisis/

A University of Melbourne researcher has spotted a rare evolutionary phenomenon happening rapidly in real time in bats living in the Solomon Islands. Dr Tyrone Lavery reports in a paper publish...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-same-species-different-sizes-rare-evolution-in-action-spotted-in-island-bats/

A team of international researchers studied galaxy NGC 4383, in the nearby Virgo cluster, revealing a gas outflow so large that it would take 20,000 years for light to travel from one side to the...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/23042024-giant-galactic-explosion-exposes-galaxy-pollution-in-action/

During a visit in Muscat on April 21, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies met with His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said and His Excellency Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, ...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/22042024-oman-totalenergies-launches-the-marsa-lng-project/

Global and regional leaders called for a decisive plan to encourage further ingenuity and to tap into emerging technologies and digital innovation to bolster the huge effort required to achieve t...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/22042024-un-policy-forum-opens-with-call-for-region-to-embrace-digital-opportunities-and-innovate-for-sustainable-development/

NASA and Slovenia affirmed their cooperation in future space endeavors on Friday as Slovenia became the 39th country to sign the Artemis Accords. The signing certified Slovenia’s commitment to ...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/22042024-slovenia-signs-artemis-accords-joins-pursuit-of-safer-space/

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg chaired a virtual meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of defence ministers on Friday (19 April 2024), to address Ukraine’s urgent need for a...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-secretary-general-chairs-meeting-of-nato-ukraine-council-allies-agree-to-step-up-support/

Former U.S. President Donald Trump continues to maintain a formidable lead over U.S. President Joe Biden among Florida voters, according to the latest findings from the FAU Political Communicatio...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-florida-poll-shows-trump-holds-solid-lead-over-biden/

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined the importance of strengthening support to Ukraine at the G7 meeting of Foreign Ministers in Capri, Italy, on Thursday (18 April 2024).  “W...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-secretary-general-participates-in-g7-meeting-stresses-natos-support-to-ukraine/

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană met Argentine Defence Minister Luis Petri at NATO Headquarters on Thursday (18 April 2024) for talks on working toward a partnership between the Allia...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-argentina-takes-first-step-toward-nato-partnership/

The University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Science, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, has published "Cracking the Bro Code ," by Coleen C...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-cracking-the-bro-code-in-computing-cultures-book-review/

Making ever smaller and more powerful chips requires new ultrathin materials: 2D materials that are only 1 atom thick, or even just a couple of atoms. Think about graphene or ultra-thin silicon ...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-properties-of-new-materials-for-microchips-can-now-be-measured-well/

The study, published in Nature Energy, is among the first to explore the FPV at the continental scale, finding that FPV installed at existing major reservoirs could produce 20-100% of the electr...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-floating-solars-potential-to-support-sustainable-development-by-addressing-climate-water-and-energy-goals-holistically/

Researchers from The University of Manchester investigating waste management practices for off-grid solar technologies in Malawi have discovered life-threatening quantities of lead pollution from...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-scientists-urge-action-over-life-threatening-pollution-from-solar-power-waste-in-africa/

Like boulders, rocks, and pebbles scattered across a landscape, asteroids come in a wide range of sizes. Cataloging asteroids in space is tricky because they are faint and they don't stop to be p...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-hubble-goes-hunting-for-small-main-belt-asteroids/

Thinking of buying an electric vehicle but unsure about its resale value? New research finds that while older electric vehicle models depreciate in value faster than conventional gas cars, newer ...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-electric-vehicles-depreciate-faster-than-gas-cars-but-trend-is-changing/

A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed by scientists at the University of Bristol. The team, based at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, studied ...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-octopus-inspires-new-suction-mechanism-for-robots/

The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon was the largest accidental oil spill in history. With almost 100 million gallons (379 million liters) of oil combined with dispersants suggested to remai...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-fourteen-years-after-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-endemic-fishes-face-an-uncertain-future/

The harder your brain works at your job, the less likely you may be to have memory and thinking problems later in life, according to a new study published in the online issue of Neurology®, the...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-does-using-your-brain-more-at-work-help-ward-off-thinking-memory-problems/

Sinking land is overlooked as a hazard in urban areas globally, according to scientists from Virginia Tech and the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.  In an invited perspective a...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/19042024-chinas-sinking-cities-indicate-global-scale-problem/

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, and the Prime Minister of Czechia, Petr Fiala...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/18042024-nato-secretary-general-and-prime-ministers-of-the-netherlands-denmark-and-czechia-discuss-support-to-ukraine/

Known for its ability to withstand extreme environments and high voltages, silicon carbide (SiC) is a semiconducting material made up of silicon and carbon atoms arranged into crystals that is in...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/18042024-silicon-carbide-innovation-alliance-to-drive-industrial-scale-semiconductor-work/

The US saw a 22% decline in rates of prescription-opioid overdose related emergency department (ED) visits in children 17 and younger between 2008 and 2019, but an uptick in the early part of the...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/18042024-new-data-identifies-trends-in-accidental-opioid-overdoses-in-children/